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Keeping Culture Alive: What Recruiters Can Do While Hiring Remotely

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

With COVID came a new crisis – the inability to showcase our company culture the way we were used to. A company’s culture is way more than games and funny graffiti. Many think that company culture takes effect only when an employee joins work. Culture begins with the first ‘Hello’ (such Jerry Maguire feels!)

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myInterview raises $5 million for its video-based job recruitment platform

TechCrunch

Sydney, Australia-based myInterview wants to turn videos into an integral part of recruitment, with a platform that allows candidates to upload video responses to questions. Recruiters also have the option of using myInterview Intelligence, or machine learning-based tools that create shortlists for competitive openings.

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Taking stock of the VC industry’s progress on diversity, equity and inclusion

TechCrunch

In 2016, we set out to develop a rigorous methodology for tracking progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in venture capital, and to measure and benchmark those data through our biennial VC Human Capital Survey. Encouraging signs in talent recruitment and development. On the diversity front, 2020 may prove a tipping point.

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Bain’s Sarah Smith, former head of HR at Quora, will share the recruiting playbook at Early Stage

TechCrunch

The current Bain Capital Ventures partner who invests in early to mid-stage companies saw what it was like to grow a startup business firsthand as the vice president of human resources at Quora, a position she held from 2012 to 2016.

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inFeedo gets $12M to help employers find out how their workforce really feels

TechCrunch

headquartered company was founded in 2016 to $16 million. Both Varun and I came from liberal schools and the general concept of a university was a big culture shock. While many organizations use annual or pulse surveys, inFeedo was created to standardize surveys across domains and cultures, he added.

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Highest-Rated Cloud Companies, Covid-19 Edition: Tips for Nailing Corporate Culture During This Chaotic Time

Battery Ventures

Each year, we work with jobs-and-recruiting site Glassdoor* to unearth the most innovative cloud-computing companies—both public and private—where employees report the most satisfaction at work. drama, executives still face big HR and culture challenges. This year, that effort took on new importance. When to hire an HR professional.

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Women in tech statistics: The hard truths of an uphill battle

CIO

Still, while women are less represented in undergrad CS departments, those who do pursue computer science degrees are more likely to pursue an advanced degree, with the percentage of master’s degrees in computer science earned by women rising to 31% in 2016, up from 28% in 1997.